Jacob K. Olupona
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Jacob Kehinde Olupona (born 1951) is a Nigerian-born American professor, writer, and scholar of religious studies. He is a professor of African Religious Traditions at the Harvard Divinity School with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.[1] Olupona was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 2023.[2][3]
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Born | Jacob Kehinde Olupona (1951-02-05) 5 February 1951 (age 73) Ondo State, Nigeria |
Education | B.A. Religious Studies University of Nigeria, 1975
M.A. History of Religions, Boston University, Boston (1981), PhD, History of Religions, Boston University, Boston (1983). |
Occupation(s) | Professor, writer, scholar |
Notable work | African Spirituality: Forms, Meanings and Expressions. City of 201 Gods: Ilé-Ifè in Time, Space, and the Imagination (University of California Press 2011) |
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